Accommodation Programme – Weekly Update, 25 July 2017

As of 25 July 2017, the total number of places created by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and operational partners, in the framework of the Emergency Support To Integration & Accommodation – ESTIA programme for refugees and asylum seekers, reached 19,297.

Categories

About

Financial Information

The Emergency Support To Integration & Accommodation – ESTIA programme is funded by the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid with a budget of €135.5 million and is composed of:

A €93.5 million project which sets up a large scale rental project to improve living conditions of refugees in Greece by providing 22,000 urban accommodation places.

A further €42 million project will set up a basic social safety net for all asylum seekers and refugees in Greece by providing them with pre-defined monthly cash allocations through a dedicated card.

Special thanks

To major donors to the refugee emergency in Europe – the European Union, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom – as well as to all government donors and private donors for their generous contributions. The financial support provided by donors who have contributed with non-earmarked and broadly earmarked funds, as well as for those who have contributed directly to the situation and the Greece operation allows to provide direct assistance and protection, and help find solutions for refugees and asylum-seekers. In this changing operational context, UNHCR is appealing to donors to provide contributions that can be allocated as flexibly as possible.